Leasing a Car in Norway

Leasing a Car in Norway

To buy or to lease? Economically speaking, it is usually better to own your car than to lease it. However, there are other benefits to leasing a car which this article will explore. In fact, some locals prefer to lease rather than own as well. Benefits to leasing a car...
Flying in and out of Stavanger: What You Need to Know

Flying in and out of Stavanger: What You Need to Know

We are lucky that the main regional airport (Sola Flyplass) is only a 30 minute drive from much of the greater Stavanger/Sandnes area, but it can be confusing to sift through the multitude of options and prices to get yourself to your flight or home. The following information attempts to...
Importing a Vehicle to Norway

Importing a Vehicle to Norway

This topic has been brought up recently on our Facebook page. This is especially pertinent to expats who live in Europe and want to consider importing their cars to Norway for the duration of their stay here. If you are temporarily residing in Norway You may import a foreign-registered vehicle...
Looking back over 2011

Looking back over 2011

Stavanger Expats is just over two years old! We have had a fantastic year and are very happy that the website’s readership is growing. Here is a recap of the articles and events that we have done over the year. We hope that in 2012, YOU will be more involved...
Monthly Expat Events

Monthly Expat Events

Stavanger is a great city with many events happening. We have gathered a calendar of events that are beneficial to the expat community. If you know of any other events going on this month, please let us know! We would love to share them with everyone.
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Expat Tea, Coffee & Coca Meetup

Expat Tea, Coffee & Coca Meetup

We would like to invite you to Sunday Tea at a fellow expat’s home in Randaberg. We will be meeting on Sunday, 15 January 2012 at 13:00. Our host will have tea, coffee and some snacks. Please feel free to bring along anything else you wish! Let us know if you have any food allergies...
Mobile phones in Norway

Mobile phones in Norway

A lot of our readers have been asking about getting a mobile phone whilst in Norway, so we have pulled together some information and a list of providers to help you. If you have any experiences you would like to share, please feel free to add a comment below or in the forum. Kontantkort –...
Learning Norwegian in Stavanger: University of Stavanger

Learning Norwegian in Stavanger: University of Stavanger

Review: Level 1 Norwegian Language Course at the University of Stavanger I recently completed the beginning Norwegian Course for Foreigners with Higher Education at the main campus of the University of Stavanger, through the UiS Pluss program. NOTE: This course is different from the one year course to prepare foreigners who want to study in...
Interviews with Expats - Lisa Parmenter

Interviews with Expats – Lisa Parmenter

This article is one in a series of interviews with expats in Stavanger. Its purpose is to share with everyone what your fellow expats are doing and also to help advertise the businesses/services/events that these expats are involved in. If you would like to or know of a business/enterprise to be interviewed, feel free to...
Christmas 2011

Christmas 2011

Happy Holidays from Stavanger Expats! We hope that you have found the site useful and taken some information along with you. We wish you all a wonderful holiday season. Below are a collection of articles about Christmas and New Years in Norway. Christmas in Norway This article is going to cover the traditional elements of...
Cabin Weekends

Cabin Weekends

Whatever the time of year and regardless of the weather, I’ve noticed our Norwegian friends and neighbours driving off to stay at their cabins to relax and enjoy the great outdoors. I was keen to try and soak up this excellent part of living in Norway by spending the weekend at a hytte in Sirdal....
This Sunday: Gamle Stavanger Julemarked, Tou Scene Julemarked & Sentrum Tree lighting

This Sunday: Gamle Stavanger Julemarked, Tou Scene Julemarked & Sentrum Tree lighting

Gamle Stavanger Julemarked This Sunday 27 November is the atmospheric Julemarked (Christmas market) in Gamle Stavanger. In connection with this market, there will be activity day at the Norwegian Canning Museum of smoking salmon. There will also be selling julesardiner (Christmas sardines) and årgangssardiner (Vintage sardines). The museum will also display a movie ’40 years...
Interviews with Expats: Anthony Hawke, Psychologist

Interviews with Expats: Anthony Hawke, Psychologist

This article is one in a series of interviews with expats in Stavanger. Its purpose is to share with everyone what your fellow expats are doing and also to help advertise the businesses/services/events that these expats are involved in. If you would like to or know of a business/enterprise to be interviewed, feel free to...
Finding the Right Childcare

Finding the Right Childcare

Trying to find the right daycare/kindergarten (barnehage) for your child? Here are some pointers to help you make a decision that works best for you and your child. Visit the daycare Before filling out your daycare application form, you can visit the daycares that you’re thinking of putting down on the list. You can bring...
Expatriate Workshop - Special Christmas Offer

Expatriate Workshop – Special Christmas Offer

Randi Mannsåker is a professionally qualified life/personal and corporate coach, NLP Practitioner, Small Business and Youth Coach. She is a graduate protègè student from the Coaching Academy in London, Europe’s largest and most experienced coach training school. Randi has a Diploma in Business Management from the Association of Business Executives UK. She has worked in...
Interviews with Expats - Karin Burke of Yoga For Kids

Interviews with Expats – Karin Burke of Yoga For Kids

This article is one in a series of interviews with expats in Stavanger. Its purpose is to share with everyone what your fellow expats are doing and also to help advertise the businesses/services/events that these expats are involved in. If you would like to or know of a business/enterprise to be interviewed, feel free to...
Letter from the Editors

Letter from the Editors

Dear Stavanger Expats, The website is now 2 years old! We would like to thank you for your readership, comments, questions and feedback. We still remember the day when the four of us sat together at a cafe and came up with the idea for this website. We worked on it for a month before...